Lunch meat, English lunch meat or lunch meat. 1937 was introduced by American homer food company, formerly known as "homer spiced ham". This canned food was invented by this company and was soon imitated by other companies. So Hormel offered a reward of $ 100 to give it a good name, and Vice President Hormel's brother Kenneth Daigneau won with spam. Some people say that SPAM is the abbreviation of "pork ham shoulder", while others explain that it is the abbreviation of syllable "spiced ham", or the name means "spiced pork ham" and "spare ham". According to the trademark interpretation of hommel, SPAM should be regarded as an adjective, and lunch meat should be spam lunch meat. But people usually simply call it spam.

During World War II, a lot of lunch meat was transported to Britain and Russia to support the Allies. After the war, luncheon meat has always been a popular food. 1994 produced the 50 billionth can of lunch meat in history. According to the statistics in 2003, lunch meat is sold in 465,438+0 countries around the world, with about 65.438+0.5 billion cans per year. In America alone, a box of lunch meat is eaten every four seconds.

In the United States, Hawaii and Guam have the largest consumption of lunch meat, which is related to the long-term presence of the US military there. Guam consumes 16 cans of lunch meat per person per year. Hawaii and Guam are the only places where McDonald's restaurants provide spam. Many local foods are expensive because of shipping, while lunch meat is cheaper.

In addition to the United States, Britain and South Korea also consume a lot of lunch meat. Since the Korean War, a large number of American troops have been stationed in South Korea, making lunch meat popular. Statistics show that the annual sales of canned lunch meat in South Korea is about 654.38+36 billion US dollars, making it the second largest lunch meat consumer in the world after the United States. It is reported that about 40% of Korean canned lunch meat is given to others as a gift. On holidays, 12 cans of exquisite lunch meat gift box with a price of $44 are one of the most popular products.